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MacArrowny posted...

Does that mean you shouldn't watch S2? Or do you have to rewatch S1 when you do S2, since it was interspersed with S2 when it aired?

You should watch S1
Wait 3 years
Then rewatch S1 with S2 content weaved in, including all Endless Eight episodes.

That way you get the quintessential experience of someone living in Japan during 2006-2009.
...that doesn't buy DVDs.

Yeah, you shouldn't have to skip the first episode. Look at it this way, people over in Japan watched these shows as they were broadcasted on TV. If they were capable of piecing things together, you can as well.

That's also my defense of watching Haruhi in broadcast order.

GoldenEye 007
Mortal Kombat (1992)
Fatal Fury
Street Fighter

I'm gonna guess that Street Fighter 1 was a novel game in 1987 that people realized was complete ass 4 years later.

Baccano

Monogatari

I'm sure I've mentioned this before, but one time I was at an Anime Convention where Wake Up, Girls performed and they did a cover of Hare Hare Yukai.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OIWyewdQiBg

I was next to these middle school-looking girls who couldn't even recognize where it was from, and this was in 2014!

There's a fighting game course taught at Berkeley this semester.

https://decal.studentorg.berkeley.edu/courses/7219

https://twitter.com/Shaveh_/status/1747812221516943678

And it ended up being full!

Dragon Ball Z

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhYCae6EJGI

Baccano

Monogatari

Hype

Took me a bit of time to even think of something.....so of course I come up with the one associated with Twitch

Baccano

Monogatari

Breach

Super Metroid
Metroid Prime
Castlevania: Symphony of the Night
Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow

2 Metroid 2 Castlevania

Mobilezoid posted...

And I should try that Akuma no Riddle one too, I've never heard of it before!

What do you mean? It's been in Save My Favorite Anime Series before! It's English title is Riddle Story of Devil if that jogs your memory.

That said, looks like it's one of the titles from Funimation that didn't transfer to Crunchyroll. So you know where to go to find it.

And while I was searching for it on Crunchyroll I randomly found a 9-minute anime. So here it is if you want to watch something short with no expectations.

https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GZ4F3X5P1/mizu-no-kotoba

Underleveled posted...

Blues

Immediately followed by Super Mario

Literally this.

Sakura Trick is fine, its just really fluffy because youre dealing with an idiot couple. The anime does end on a really stupid note and thats hands-down the one thing that keeps me from recommending it.

But its great that the author has done some stuff with it post-manga after it ended.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/0434a022.jpg

Including some other stuff that could get me modded for hornyposting.

Mario Kart 64
Mario Kart 8
F-Zero GX
Daytona USA

Speaking of Raana, her VA has a TikTok account where she posts videos of her playing various songs, and well, let's just say two of them are from the girls band anime that's airing this season.

https://www.tiktok.com/@aoki__hina/video/7366463657896627463
https://www.tiktok.com/@aoki__hina/video/7365806645839990034

I'm surprised you didn't pick up that Sayo and Hina are twins. I guess it's been so ingrained from the start with the game that I didn't think that an anime-only person could possibly not realize that.
Their story is actually considered as one of the highlights of the overarching story throughout the game.

For the astronomy club thing, Hina's catchphrase is something like "ruun~" (localized as Boppin' in English, but Crunchyroll has it as "la la la"), so it came of as a nice nod to her when Anon reads the note out loud.

Now that you watched the first three seasons, you have better context of the hints that Raana drops about her grandma. But on that note, these were mentioned in a Q & A after Season 3 of the anime.

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/2/2e78d7d5.jpg

Here's the rest of them if you want to read through them:
https://en.bang-dream.com/news/20200422/post-11

In any case, if you ever want to know what goes on in the game story, there are transcripts for them that you can read through:

https://bandori.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Main_Story
https://bandori.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Band_Stories
https://bandori.fandom.com/wiki/Category:Event_Stories

But you can skip Poppin'Party Band Story 0 and Raise A Suilen Band Story 1 since those are both covered in the anime.

Or watch them through this YouTube channel that looks to have archived them

Main/Band stories
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcvT6sHhJaeOATL1bLPTAFkaE1MeIucBd

Season 1 event stories
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcvT6sHhJaeM3q_4fQwMg9cOBHCiEwbPu

Season 2 event stories
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcvT6sHhJaeN_OAQBXGRPcbT-fGCiRHCZ

Season 3 event stories
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLcvT6sHhJaeP7LexjLyd1j_BWfoCkd7-X

That channel seems good at keeping up-to-date because the current event story is on there. Just keep in mind that the event stories are in most recent order on the playlists. So if you wanted watch the very first event story, you have to scroll all the way to the bottom of the Season 1 event playlist.

Since there are a ton of event stories (literally over 200 of them), this is a good site to kind of scan through what the event may be about and to see the card art.
https://bandori.party/events/

It's a lot of material, so it may not be a bad idea to have those somewhere on hand as a reference.

Baccano!

Monogatari

Frieren

I'm gonna guess that it involves the current event story with Afterglow on the Japanese server. While I haven't been closely following it, I have a general idea of what's been going on.

Though I gotta say, it's been a pleasant surprise seeing you essentially go through most of the anime material of BanG Dream and even liking it. It's definitely not a franchise I expect a lot people to pick up on, and that's even with MyGO.

Monsters

Baccano

Frieren

Guard

I kid you not. Finding out that the voice of Tsubasa in Love Live also voiced Ako was literally how I found out about BanG Dream in the first place. And those two voices could not be more far apart.....until Ako starts singing, then you hear Tsubasa in her voice.

UshiromiyaEva posted...

Oh, also sucks that I actually really like all the members of RAS, except Chu2 who is the worst Bang Dream character.

WhiteLens posted...

S3.....puts a lot of focus on who's quite possibly my least favorite character in the whole franchise

You came up with the same thought I had.

But I actually do like her parts in RAS songs, so she at least has that going for her.

UshiromiyaEva posted...

Still vibe with Afterglow's look, but at least in this season Roselia stole the show. Fire Bird was the best song here.

The Pastel episode was super weird. I get that they only had a single episode to devote to them, but a lip synching incident for their debut seems like it should be.....a much bigger deal than it was? It was treated like "yikes, don't remind me!", when you could do an entire seasons of a show about recovering and coming back from such a thing.

Also, Rock spent a majority of the season being a straight up Poochie, god I hope they do something more meaningful with her in this last season.

You can get more Pastel Palettes from the Pastel Life shorts

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLi6JjODFVq335_9JscXhiyPZvlV2PIjg6

You need to turn on CC for subs though.

Like Roba said, their beginning story involved them faking their instrument playing, so they probably didn't want to retread an old storyline too much. Besides you can only cram so much to a 13-episode season that's mainly about the setup of forming another band. I actually remember being surprised that Rokka didn't even join a band by the end of Season 2.

And Roselia: A very serious band
The lyrics: "Lala lalala lala lalala Lala lalala lala lalala"

But they're genuinely my favorite band.

TheArkOfTurus posted...

...Shit, got pulled away and missed my trade.

WhiteLens, if there's anything you want me to support going forward, I will.

Well its not it would have made a difference in the end.

But you could get Frieren next round, and just next round would be good enough.

Mushishi

Auto for MyGO

Kaguya

MyGO

Auto for it

Somewhere in the timeline you're in with S2, Crychic is forming......but that's suppose to be later.

So Hello Happy World have been my least favorite band both music and character-wise (aside from Misaki and Kanon, I like them both a lot)....but they serve their purpose well.

In-universe, they're the group that appeals to kids, and with all the seriousness that happens with the other bands, it nice to have one that's over-the-top silly. There's a joke that all of Sakiko's problems could have been solved if she just ran into Kokoro.

Olive Garden
Chili's
Red Lobster
TGI Fridays

ZenOfThunder posted...

here's all the sit-down restaurants I have eaten at in a fun tier list:

https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/forum/0/04559e3f.jpg

Isn't A&W fast food? The one by me surely is. It's even combined with a KFC!

Man, don't think I've eaten at any of these in a long ass time aside from one time I went to IHOP during a road trip last year.

UshiromiyaEva posted...

OK I was not prepared for there to suddenly be a dub for S2. Does not seem like the type of show to get a dub!

Probably should just keep it consistent I suppose.

It's the only season of BanG Dream to get a dub! Definitely a weird decision made.

On the topic of LN pricing. I'm not sure if it's an apt comparison, but it is a strange feeling that you get the entire Lord of the Rings + Hobbit box set for the price of like 2 LNs.

UshiromiyaEva posted...

I swear that Kasumi's vocals in this song are from that last original Bleach OP.

Ya don't say....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PpMeIVbTItQ

UshiromiyaEva posted...

I feel like you can take Rimi out of this show and nothing changes.

But then they wouldn't have a bassist.

Unless its out

Inviso, since MyGO is already safe just save Haruhi for yourself.

Money

Haruhi

Blaziken posted...

Trading for Haruhi, auto. (Can't get Kaguya, Frieren, Monogatari)

For MyGO

Mushishi